#DDC35F#DDC35F

#DDC35F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.123 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC35F
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 95)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 57%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -2.87, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 52.85, 93.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0106 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.123 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4015, 55.2310, 18.7774)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC35F #5F79DD

analogous

#DD845F #DDC35F #B8DD5F

triadic

#DDC35F #5FDDC3 #C35FDD

tetradic

#DDC35F #5FDD84 #5F79DD #DD5FB8

square

#DDC35F #5FDD84 #5F79DD #DD5FB8

split-complementary

#DDC35F #5FB8DD #845FDD

monochromatic

#A08622 #D2B02D #DDC35F #E8D691 #F2E9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC35F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#DDC35F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC35F

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC35F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC35F	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc35f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.123 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead48f',
    500: '#ddc35f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc35f;
$custom-light: #ead48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc35f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81953,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC35F

secondary

#3D52A3

accent

#3ECD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC35F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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